TWO times I tried to tape BBCA top gear "best of Austrailuia". Once at 9pm failed with nothing at ALL in log. Another show at 9pm also failed and said "channel not available".

So nothing recorded at 9pm.

Then at 12 midnight I tried to record BOTH shows again. One show recorded. BBCA Tog gear has a recording slot in list, but nothing there when I play it. I go to show (still playing live) and it is there, playing fine. SDV is a piece of crap. TWC cable system is a pile of crap. TWC is crap, period.

The more I use the search, the more I dislike it. I can search for a show, see an episode I want to record, schedule the recording and then it's not in the scheduled recordings. I then check the program guide and the show is either not there at all or it's a totally different episode then the search showed.

How about getting TiVo?
No need to pay TWC all those fees and you can do all this stuff reliably.
Anyone confused at the math pm me and I will send you a spreadsheet showing how TiVo saves money in 28 months or so.

How about getting TiVo?
No need to pay TWC all those fees and you can do all this stuff reliably.
Anyone confused at the math pm me and I will send you a spreadsheet showing how TiVo saves money in 28 months or so.

Indeed...... SARA IS 100000% BETTER and if there was ANYWAY I COULD GET IT BACK ON MY SA BOX,I WOULD!!!!!!

NAVIGATOR IS CRAP........... SLOW,UGLY,ETC..............

SARA was ugly as hell, but VERY reliable as it was the original OS for the old Pioneer/SA boxes. Some systems still use it on the newer boxes.

Navigator HAS gotten better, IF you are in a good TWC division and have a box that "plays nice" with the software. The Advanced Gateway boxes now support a new guide for Navigator that includes:

A true HD interface. (With the option to go back to the SD grid if desired)

Expanded Search Options- (All New Interface with the "B" button.)

Video On Demand Boxed Movie Cover Art

New DVR Management Screen

However, some customers find the new search screens overwhelming, where it now takes three or four button presses to do what used to be done in one or two steps. The biggest anger seems to be the loss of being able to Press the B search button and have the search begin on the show being watched or shown on the time grid. Under the new search, you have to "re-key" your selections each and every time. The "B" button needs to take users right to other instances of the viewed show in a future software update.

The DVR's new management screen confuses other customers with it's tree tier folder navigation. You have to go through multiple steps to play a show or series or delete a show.

I still have the older SA-8300HDC with the Classic Search. All these years, I still miss the Passport Software functionality of Keyword Search and still wish that Navigator would bring that option back. I have said to TWC Feedback, if memory on the older boxes is a problem, just have the keyboards search for keywords and nothing else. Title Search would also be a part of the keyword system, so whatever you keyed into the system, Title, Keyword, or Person, if the information is in the system, it should be able to be found in search results.

The new DVR screens and VOD cover art I think are eye candy, but are resource hogs and not needed. The best thing about the new box updates is the HD interface.

I have been pleasantly surprised the SDV has generally worked with TWC Upper Manhattan.
There are less channels on SDV with the reorg. I think.

It's not just about the number of channels. It's the number of customers per node.

TWC too often cheap out and attach far too many customers to a serving node rather than adding more nodes to their infrastructure so that each one is not overloaded. If you live in an area that has more immediate competition you can be damn sure that TWC will pour more money into the system to keep it going than some podunk area that TWC know they can hold to ransom.

It's not just about the number of channels. It's the number of customers per node.

TWC too often cheap out and attach far too many customers to a serving node rather than adding more nodes to their infrastructure so that each one is not overloaded. If you live in an area that has more immediate competition you can be damn sure that TWC will pour more money into the system to keep it going than some podunk area that TWC know they can hold to ransom.

Sources tell me that the next version of Navigator will be ODN 7.3.129.

Don't quote me on this. But my guess is this next release is going to contain some fixes to help with the national line-up change and some DVR stability updates. Patches for the new 6-tuner boxes, are likely in this build.

Sources tell me that the next version of Navigator will be ODN 7.3.129.

Don't quote me on this. But my guess is this next release is going to contain some fixes to help with the national line-up change and some DVR stability updates. Patches for the new 6-tuner boxes, are likely in this build.

Brighthouse Networks just started getting them, but they have some audio/drop out bugs/issues. Keep in mind that although BHN uses the same guide/box models as TWC, they are a totally different company:

BHN has a forum where you can follow allong and learn about the progress of the 6-tuner DVR below. Would like to see something from TWC allong those lines, but to my knowledge they have not released the boxes yet. I could be wrong though. I am sure this thread will have updates: